Feuding over Delp's estate

Life's not getting any easier for the family of Brad Delp, the former Boston frontman who committed suicide in March. Waiting for next month's star-studded concert celebrating Delp's life and legacy, the rocker's ex-wife and children are fighting to hold onto the singer's estate. Micki Delp, who was married to the "More Than a Feeling" singer from 1980 to 1996, says she was stunned to learn that her ex left his Atkinson, N.H., house to a long-ago girlfriend named Patricia Komor. Currently, the house is occupied by Pamela Sullivan, who was Delp's fiancee at the time of his death. She and Micki Delp are now joining forces to fight Komor's claim. "My understanding always has been that the kids would get everything," Micki told us yesterday. "And if and when Pam moved out, the house would be sold, and the proceeds split." Reached yesterday, Komor, who lives in Colorado, said she couldn't comment. "I can't respond because this is a matter that's supposed to be private," said Komor, who lived with Delp for six years. Micki Delp said she and her husband separated in 1991, and Komor entered the picture soon after. Delp's two children, 26-year-old Jennifer and 22-year-old Michael, have appealed to Komor to sign over the residence, but she refused, according to Micki Delp. "[Komor] wants fair-market value for the house and everything in it," she said. "[Komor] is offering to sell their father's belongings back to them. . . . It's morally and ethically wrong." Meanwhile, fans of Delp's old band are looking forward to the Aug. 19 tribute concert, which will feature performances by the original members of Boston -- Tom Scholz, Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian, and Fran Sheehan -- and special guests Godsmack, Orion the Hunter, RTZ, Michael Sweet of Stryper, Starship's Mickey Thomas, and Sammy Hagar.

When the new season of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" starts shooting in a few weeks, Julianne Nicholson won't be there. The freckle-faced actress, who plays Detective Megan Wheeler on the popular "Law & Order" spinoff, will be busy buying board books and plush toys for baby No. 1. "I'm getting large," said the Medford native, relaxing yesterday on Cape Cod. But Nicholson will be in town tonight to host a party thrown by Boston Common publisher Jason Binn. (She's on the cover of the glossy's new issue.) Like the rest of us, Nicholson said she looks forward to the birth of Bridget Moynahan's baby. The two became friendly when Nicholson's husband, Jonathan Cake, played Bridget's philandering fiance on the ABC drama "Six Degrees." "I saw Bridget a couple of months ago, and she looked beautiful and happy," said Nicholson. "I think about her often."

The Mass. Film Office isn't wasting any time. Just days after Governor Deval Patrick signed the state's new tax-credit law aimed at attracting more Massachusetts-based movies, Film Office director Nick Paleologos took out a full-page ad in Variety. . . . Is it a bad sign that the Toxic Twins are flying separately? We're told Steven Tyler and Joe Perry both boarded American Airlines flights to LA this week -- but one day apart. . . . The Schillings sure do love that cyberspace. No sooner did Curt Schilling start blogging than his wife, Shonda, landed a gig on Boston.TV. All this week, the Bosox pitcher's better half has been hosting "The Beat" on the online video entertainment network. . . . And why are there still so many tickets left for this weekend's Police shows at Fenway? Maybe the appetite for the '80s icons isn't what promoters had hoped.

The Institute of Contemporary Art has bought several new pieces, including some by Boston artists Kelly Sherman, Rachel Perry Welty, and Ambreen Butt. The 12 works, which will become part of the ICA's permanent collection, range from video to photography to sculpture.

We're told Amy Traverso, former food editor at Yankee magazine, has been named the new food editor at Boston magazine. Traverso most recently worked at Sunset magazine in California. Her husband, technology writer Scott Kirsner, now writes the weekly "Innovation Economy" column for the Globe's Business section on Sundays.

If BSO conductor James Levine is feeling under the weather, you wouldn't know it. The maestro, who'd cited health concerns in canceling a planned appearance in Switzerland last weekend, looked lively and alert yesterday as he rehearsed Verdi's "Don Carlo" with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. (This space on Tuesday incorrectly reported Levine's upcoming schedule.) Levine will be at his perch Saturday when the TMC orchestra performs "Don Carlo," and he'll next conduct the BSO at Tanglewood Aug. 3 and 10.

'When I finished writing, I had an enormous explosion of emotion, and I cried and cried and cried.' J.K. Rowling, on completing "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final installment of her series.

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